THE HOPE OF ISRAEL - The Preterist Archive

CHAPTER XI
EZEKIEI/S PROPHECIES: THE DOOM OP JERUSALEM.
THE BRANCH. THE SHEPHERD OP ISRAEL. THE
VALLEY OP DEATH.
Certain prophecies of Ezekiel are sometimes cited as
lending support to the idea of the future re-constitution
and earthly dominion of the Jewish nation. But
on the contrary, they contain many clear warnings of
judgments to come upon the house of Israel and the
city of Jerusalem ;
and they also contain predictions
not so clear perhaps as the threatened judgments, because
they are capable, like other 0. T. prophecies, of
being interpreted according to the desires of the carnal
Jewish mind concerning the recovery that was to
be accomplished through the work of the coming
Redeemer.
It must ever be borne in mind, while studying 0. T.
prophecies which relate to the future of the Jewish
people, that we have a sure guide as to their interpretation
in the way such prophecies are applied in the
N. T., especially by Paul. And specifically, we have
these guiding facts: first, that all the prophecies of
mercy to that people that are cited in the N. T. are
declared to have their fulfilment in this present era
of the Holy Spirit. For "all the prophets from Samuel
and those that follow after have likewise [i. e. like
Moses, who had been mentioned previously]
foretold
of these days" (Ac. 3:24), there being never an instance
where the fulfilment is assigned to a future dis-
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